davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1887-03-30
PrOclama.

a LIE og Enhver, der maa tie
&SS have Noget at fordre i Boerne
|. efter afgangne WILLIAM
ROBERTS og tidligere Abide
Hustrn, SAINT
2. efter afgangne PAULIS FRAN
CHS eller Francis Paulis
indkaldes herved med 3 Maaneders
Varsel til for undertegnede Skifteret
at anmeIde og bevisliggj6re deres
Krav.
Christiansted's Skifteret st. Croix den
29de Marts 1887.
MAXEN,
est.
, 1887-03-30
acknowledgements

1MET bekjendtgj6res herved, at
90 Rejsetilladelse for l Aar fra
1ste n. NJ. at regno err bleven til
staaet Toldforvalter Captain BOYE,
OgatO verretsprOkurator LEMMING
err bleven konstitucret til under
Captain Boyes Frav@relse at fun
gore som Toldforvalter og Postmes-
ter i Christiansted.
Sekretariatet, st. Croix,
den 26de Marts 1887.
VAN BRAKLE.
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NUMBER ~

meatto the table. AT the table
more loss occurs, as everybody
must. know who has noted how
much fat is left after roasts and
steaks have been eaten.
Mr.. Perry says, very timely, that
only a few people are rich enough
to pay for such beef folly. He
conintes the general opinion that
one must buy fat beef to get good
oeef, and anticipates. in no dis
tant future, the cutting free from
old traditions on the part of fe ID
ers and entering snuarely on the
new line of feeding for the interest
of the consumer by giving to cat
tie rations composed as nearly as
practicable OF blool and tissue
making material. Such "a system
of feeding. he believes, will resu t,
in meat which, while lean and mu s.
cular. shall be al the same I'll 10
tender, .juicySand nutritious. Ev,-
rY-ponnd.of this meatcan- be ut,l-
izntl and great profit accrue to tn
consumer,who need,no longer pay
the price of good beef forthe tai
low that heretofore has gone to
the soap.maker.
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his expense. They enlisted this
services of a messenger, and sub.
stituted for the Widows card one
bearing the name "Mrs. WRATH"
Blackburn came out into the ante.
room, and when he caught sight of
the beautiful widow his face was
wreathed IN smiles aul his breast
swelled out like Il pouter pigeon
Advancing in his most fascinating
manner, he extended his hand md
said in great cnrdiality: Clam very,
glad to meet You. MIS-. WRATH
The widows eyes snapped as she
replied sharply: Senator Black
burn, i am astounded. Icame here
10 see You on matter of business.
You are the first member OF Con-
gress who has ever said rats to
me. The Senator looked confused
for a moment, and then he drew
ont the card Which the practical
jokers, had prepared, and said:z"l'm
sure there must be some mistake;
the name reads Wratz.D The wild
.ow looked at the cald, and then,
they both laughed. A few mo-
ments later the widow put down
the Senator's name for two copies
of her book. Then they shook
hands and the widoY went to look
for IL fresh victim.-Cor. Chicago
Herald.
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Joe Blackburn Said seRats.v

Oae OF the handsomest women
who haunt the Capitol is tall and
magniticently formed widow, who
is the agent of prominent book
concern. She has lnstrous brown
hair and splendid eyes, and many
and many Il member of Congress
has wilte,l under their expressive
chances. She solicits subscriptions,
and, it is understood, is the most
successful of all the vast army OF
book agents who prey upon the
community.
If there is one thing above an
other that will interest gallant Sen
ator Blackburn 1T is II handsome
woman. The widow by some means
ascertained that the courtly Ken
tuckian was somewhat susceptible,
and so went up to the Senate cham
her and sent in her card. Several
Of the Senators associates learned
that "Genial Joe" was about to re
celve a call, and they made uptheir
minds to pay a practical joke al
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-04-23
YOUTH AND AGE.
YOUTH.

YOUIH.
When am old, these hills that DO und
MY life within their narrow round
wlllbe tic thresholdot the door.
That lp" ds 10 freedom and to fame,
An tho wide world beyond US move {
And Idlo dream. M empty nnme;
Butt, from cnrcs ara troubles FREQ.
Its glories and it joys shall see.
The summer .slos nt southern sons;
Great battlns. glorious Victories;
Tho boundlossplairies Of TIL" West,
whore rod men hunttl o bufrslo;
whatever faiiest gifts aud best
Tho gods tHvc givoa to mon below
These, iloart OF milo, these shlll we see
In tho prayc days thatare to be.
AGE.
When II was young. this narrow round =
ofhills q glorious world did bound;
Hero, on tho gu etyallcy flocr,
i dreamed OF freedom ard ot.fame.s
Ere yotI loarn, d they were no moro
Thnn a.vain drefln, an emptyname,
In the glad cnreless long ngo,
The.happyhours seemed all toos slow.
Ihayc been wrecked In stormy Sous;
Notmne llfe's glorious Victories;
Conc the bright spell on boyhood cast;
Nomore along tho primrose way
Iwandcr. forsmy paths have passed
To this snd world of.every day
Oh. heart q mine, no moro We know
Tho days and organs otlong ago.
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A Woman's Accidental Discovery.

A rather laughable story is that
anent the origin Of the blue tinted
paper, once so much in vogue for
commercial uses. The wife of an
English paper manufacturer nam
ed William East, going into the
factory on the domestic wash day
with an old-fashioned blueing bag
in her hand accidentally let the
bag and It's contents fall into vat
full Of .pulp. She thought nothing
of the incident and said nothing
about it either to her husband or
his workmen. Great was the as
tonishment of the latter When the
paper turned out a peculiar blue
color, while the master was wroth
at what he regarded as gross care
lessness OH the part of some Of the
hands. His wiie-wise woman
kept her own counsel.
The lot of paper was regarded "a
unstable and was stored for four
years., At length East consigned
it to his London correspondent,
with instructions % sell it for what
1T would bring. The unlucky pa.
per was accepted as happily.de-
signed novelty and was disposed of
in open market at considerable
advance in price. Judge ofEast's
surprise when he received from his
agent an order for a large invoice
Of the despised blue paper! Here
was pretty dilemma; be was to-
tally ignorant Of the manner in
which tue paper had become blue
in color, aud in his perplexlty men
toned the matter to his wife. She
promptly enlightened her lord; he
in turn kept the simple process Sc
cret and was for years the monop-
olist of the blue commercial paper
manufacture.
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Breeding Cor Beef, not TaIIow.

During the past few years there
has been an awakening to the fact,
on the part of some OF our progress
sive breeders, that pork wonld be-
come more profitable article Of
food if hogs were bred for good,
firm, lean meat and less fat. Prof.
Stubborn, in a bulletin issued from
the Missouri Agricultural College,
set forth in convincing, figures, not
long ago, the economy to consul
mers of pork III lean meat over fat.
he also pointed out the advantages
of lean meat, considered from d
purely sanitary point Of view.
In a recent issue of the Country
Gentleman e.. w. Perry proceeds
to show the magnitude of the loss
of food resulting from the mistakes
of breeders and feeders of beeves
in breeding for tallow instead Of
tender, juicy, and lean meat. The
butcher must, under present con
ditiOns, buy a beast laden tall0w,
although he knows that he is pay
ing high price for large quantity
of talIow that will bring only two
or three cents per pound after he
has cut it off from rhe beef aud
thrown it into the scrap heap. 10
recover this loss be will charge the
customer enough to make it good,
and then work off as much tallow
as lie dares,in with each order.
The beef and its attendant tai
low, once in the house OF the custo
mer, unlergoes additional waste.
First, much of the fat is cast aside
hy the cook before sending the
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ga Lamb at Schools,

Most of orr young readers will
be surprised to hear that the we'll
known nursery song of"Mary had
II Little Lamb" is a true story,and
that "Mary" is stilIliving. About
seventy yeals ago she was a little
girl, the daughter of a farmer in
Worcester County, Massachusetts.
She was very fond OF going with
her father into the fields to see thu
sheep, and one day they found q
baby lamb which was thought to be
dead. Kind hearted little Mary,
however, lifted it up in her arms,
and, as it seemed to breathe, she
carried it home, made tia warm
bed near the stove, aud nnrsed it
tenderly. Great was her delight
when, after weeks of careful feed
ing and watching, her little patient
began to grow we'll and strong,an.l
soon after it was able to run about.
1t knew it's young mistress perfect
w, always came ut her Call, aud W IL
happy only when at her side. Ole
day it followed her to the village
school, aud. Woodworking what else
to do with it, shs put it undnr her
desk and covered it with lershawl.
There it stayed until Mary wa,
called up to the teachers desk co
say her lesson, and then the Lamb
walked quietly after her and the
other children burst out laughing.
So che teacher had to shut the liz
tie girls pet i'll the wood shell un
til school Was out. Soon after this
a young student, nametl John Roll
stone, wrote a poem about Mary
and her little lamb and presented
it to her. Thes lamb grew TO bea
SHEEP, ana 4ved r. Ye II S =; :
and when at last. it died, Mary
grieved so much for it that her
mother took some Of it's WOO, which
was "als white AS snow," and knlt~
ted a pair9f stockings for her, to
wear in remem br.lnce Of her dar-
iii3' OO'uO y Cttho fttUCt SuS iN'h .
death, Mis-. Sarah Hill, a celebrated
woman WHO wrote books, composed
some verses about Mary's lamb
and added them to those written
ny John Rollstone, making the com
plete poem as we know it.
Mary took such good care Of the
stockings mule of her lambs fleece,
that when Sue was a grown up wo.
man, she gave one OF them to q
church fair in Boston. AS soon as
1t became known that the stocking
was made from the fleece Of "M.s-
ry's little lamb" every one wanted
a piece Of it; SO the stocking wds
raveled out and the yarn cut into
short pieces. Each piece was tied
10 card on which "Mary'' wrote
her full name, and these cards sold
so we'll that they brought tue large
sum of Que hundred aud forty dol
lars 10 tue Old South Church.
American AgrlculUurist.
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Varieties.

What can that man fear who
takes care to please a Being that is
able to crush all his adyers ,ries.
To deny, as Peter did, is bad;
but not to weep bitterly, as lie did
when we have denied, is worse.
Work is a good medicine TOR an
uneasy mind. Any kind OF All hon
est job is better than no JOB at all.
Do not try to force you self into
the confidence OF others. If they
give you their conf lence never
Oetrayit.
To know you know that which
you know. and to know you dc not
know what you do not know, is
wisdom.
De man who spends his time
woncrin' why cooni war; mule to
climb trees am VERY apt to miss a
good many chances to knock ODER
rabbits runnin' about his feet.
"But, Emma. how can you prefer
that plain, stability dressed julius
to my elegant, handsome brothers"
.Tnat is very simple; your brother
is in love with himself, and julius
with me-"
They were talking of the fe,ni :
niue sex. when Madam B. exclaim
ed: "Yon meu are right to accuse
ISL onIy know twoperfect women!D
Sand who is tue othersp inquired
her companion. gallantly.
"a Good Man Gone Wrong" is a
heading one meets with very often
in the papers. We begin to fhink,
indeed, that it is only the gno who
60 that WAY. a nj how reire ,lling
it would be, by way Of a change, to
hear OF the bad mail gone right.
The White House at Washing
ton was so named after 1t WAS burn
ed by tue British in 1915, when the
smoke blackened the freeStone
walls so that it was painted white.
1t has been the 10 me of all be sue
cessive Presidents except Wash
ingtOn.
A little girl went visiting one
day and after u time was given the
album Of The family photographs to
look at. She turned over che leaves
carefully and pretty soon closed
the book. "We've got one 'zactly
like it, only the pictures are pref
tier" WAS her comment.
The Prescott (Arizona) Miner
has the following: as this reser-
voir water healthyW asked IL new
conner Of an old Ha ,Sayampcr.-
.'Do you see that mule, strangers"
eyes, sir" "WelI, ten months ago
that mule was u jack rabbit, and
drinking this waller has made him
what he is today.
"r will extend no other m 'rcy to
YOU" said a prince TO his jester,
who for some fault Was condemned
to death, "except permitting you
to choose. what kind Of a death you
may die. Decide Immediately, for
I will be obeyed." II adore your
cemency," said the jester, ~
choose to die Of old age"
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ACCOMAC STEAM FIGURING
MILLS,
Temperanceville, Va.
Flour. Meal, Bran, Shorts, HominJ
and Mill Feed, Corn and Oats,)
and Chops for sale at
far prices.

The public will please take no
tice that the mill property desig.
mated above, which formerly be-
longed to MIR. ID. III. Dennis, is now
owned by the undersigned who
Will continue to do business at the
old stand, and will eDdeavor to
give entire satisfaction to all who
may favor him with their custom.
Thanks for former patronage. Flu
ture taVors solicited.
Respectfully, &C.,
JOSEPH FL. JONES.
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Fruit and Ornamental Trees

Be IN time! Don't fail to write
a postal TO Perdue & Co., for their
price list Of all kinds of trees and
plants for spring 1881.
As soon as you readthis write MS
a postal stating what you want.
You will be surprised at our low
prices.
Nurserymen and dealers will find
our wholesale prices low.
Always State what you want. We
have our plants in cellar ready for
shipping at any time during the
winter.
The Parsons June Peach is oneof
the earliest peaches known and
does not rot. Agents wanted.
PERD UE q CO.:
P,rconsburrh WicomicO county. Md.
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NURSERY STOCK.


The undersigned has for sale a large
stock oftrees and plants, as follows:
PEACH TREES embracing all the
APP APPLE. PEAR. CHERRY, PLUM
and OUNCE TREES of every kind.
that are best adapted TO the peninsula:
BLACKBERRY and RASPBERRY
plants. ,
My nursery is situated on the line Of
the Great Peninsula Railroad, so that
there is no transferring of stock. 1t is
packed one day aud in the hands of my
Accomac friends the next.
Mr.. John G.. Eggs of Keller, is my
agent for Accomac. to whom all commtl-
nications should be addressed.
CALEB BOGGS,
MORTON. Delaware.
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Watches. Clocks and yJaVelrJ.

Beautiful and Elegant are our Gold
and Silver Watches for ladies, gen.
tlemen and boys.
A large variety of steel. nickle, white
metal, silk (gold-mounted) bamboo, GIT,
eIectro-plate, best roll plate. and solid
gold and silver chains. Ladies lace pins
and ear drops OF all kinds and prices
Engagement and wedding rings: La,
dies and gents sleeve buttons. Gents
scarf pins of best plate aud solid gold
Lodge pins (Masonic, Odd Fellows, Roy
al Arcanum, Knights Of Honor, Hep
tasophs, SC. jim solid gold. Collar but.
tons, studs, etc. A large assortment OF
spectacles and eye glasses. We sell
clocks for less money than the dealers in
general merchandise pay for them in
Baltimore; in fact, we guarantee our
prices to compare favorably with those
of Baltimore We can explain why it is
a fact. You are solicited TO call and as
sure yourself.
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AcooMAo G. a.. VA SATURDAY. APRIL %, 1881

second Sgentleman, who hld not
spoiergstood silently studying the
face thatsllis companion had sketch
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What can that man fear who
takes care to please a Being that is
able to crush all his adyers ,ries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-19

anything remains to be done. The placing of
Messrs. Irwin and Wagner IN the Offices to
which they were elected by the people, and Of
which they were robbed by the tally-sheet
forgers, is a triumph, and so far so good. But
the surrender of the Offices by their opponents
after brief possession is an admission that
they were counted in by fraud. Their step
ping down and out is new ard cumulative ev-
recurs as to who perpetrated the fraud, and the
duty of bringing the perpetrators to punish
ment is more urgent than ever We trust
the committee will not weary in we'll doing,
and we are sure they will not. 1t is their in
tention to push the battle to the gates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-19

1Fthe interstate commerce bill becomes a law
as now seems probable, much viii depend on
the commissioners to be appointed under it as
to its beneficial or injurious effect on business
That some of the main provisions of the law
are very imperfectly understood and differ
emily construed is manifest from the various
opinions Of railroad men, business organiza-
tons and Senators who voted for or against
it. And. by the way, it is astonishing that
the Senate should have passed, by so large a
majority, or by any majority, measure in
concerning the meaning and operation Of
which they had so little trustworthy informa-
ton. But passing that and admitting that
the bill is likely to become a law, great deal
will depend as to its construction and opera
ton upon the commissioners to be appointed
by the President. The bill provides for five of
these. They ought to be selected with great
care, and with special reference to their abil-
ity to deal intelligently with the greatest bust
and harmonizing the interests of the railroads
and the public. The enactment Of the law
viii be dangerous experiment on account OF
the possible arrangement of and damage to
business, but the danger of the experiment
| may be greatly increased or diminished by the
character of the commissioners appointed tc
| construe and enforce the law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-19

JUDGE AYREs, in his decision, correctly
says: "There is no provision Of the statutes
or Constitution that provides who shall pre-
side at a joint convention. That is deter
mined by parliamentary usage" Are we to
understand that the extraordinary writ of in
junction will issue to compel legislative
body to obey parliamentary usage9' Is that
the function Of restraining ordera Can an
injunction issue to compel legislative body
to accept as presiding officer any one who is
not invested with the right to preside by
either Constitution or law9 If so, Mr.. High
and other writer's should add another chapter
to their works on Injunction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-19

THE st. Louis Post-Dispatch is exposing re-
cent election frauds in that city. The local
bosses have been carrying things with high
hand. The Post Dispatch says: s'The crimes
include forgery, perjury, repeating, the i'm
PRESERVATION of dead men and straw voters, the
prescription Of legal voters, the stuffing OF
ballot-boxes, false counting, false returns,
and every form of iniquity and rascality.
Some of the Democratic bosses III this city
have evidently been taking lessons in the St
Louis school.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-19

JUDGE AYREs says that only parliament
airy usage prescribes who shall preside at a
joint convention, and he issues writ of in
junction to compel legislative body to obey
parliamentary usage." The next thing we
shall hear of will be the issue of a mandate re-
curing legislative body to adopt such rules
for its own government as court may think
are in accordance with its idea of. parliament
airy usage" Suppose it be tried on the rules
of the Indiana State Senate for experiment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-19
sMIrH AS A PRESIDING OFFICER,
nonsense.

Senator Smith, President of the Senate and
pretender to the utenant-governorship, has
shown that, in addition to being political
bully, he has no conception whatever of the
duties of the presiding officer of deliberative
assembly, or Of his relations to the body over
which he presides. 1t is misnomer to call
the Senate, as now organized, deliberative
body, for the majority have stihed delibera-
ing deliberative body as Smith does to being
Acknowledgements pretends to be. 1t
is known to every wellinfonned person, but
probably not to Sena tor Smith, that the pre-
siding officer Of parliamentary body is the
mouthpiece of the house. His duty is to pre-
serve order, regulate the debates, and carry
out, in parliamentary form, the will of the
body over which he presides. He should be
absolutely bipartisan His rulings should
be colorless so far as party bias is concerned
1.-The expression of cold, parliamentary law,
and nothing more. He may not side with the
majority, or the minority nor even lean
either way. To him the views of all parties
are supposed TO carry equal weight, and the
rights of the minority are as sacred as those of
the majority. Whatever he may be out of
the presiding officers chair, when he takes
that he is supposed to sink his politics and
mis- personality. He must have on the floor
no friends and no enemies With this defini-
ton Of the true function and relation of a
presiding officer contrast Senator Smiths pro-
nounced partisanship, his open alliance with
the majority, his shameless disregard of the
parliamentary rights of the minority, his
frequent assertions of personal opinions. his
constant use Of the personal pronoun ri,
his hectoring, bullying manner towards
Republicans. his engaging in personal alter.
cations with Senators on the floor. his arbi
trary rulings his violation of parliament ry
law and usage, his assumption of authority
as in attempting to dispose of Senator Win
ters resolution by himself referring it to 1
committee without any motion to that effec
lin short his whole course during tho pres